Red Flag Warning (May 3rd) Central & Southern NJ

Red Flag Warnings are in place until 8 PM for Central and Southern NJ until 8 PM on May 3rd. A Special Weather Statement for Enhanced Fire Weather is in place for Northeast NJ and New York City, as well as Delaware, Maryland and Northern Virginia.

Weather Forecast Map for May 3rd from NWS Mt Holly (Red Flag in Red)

Enhanced Fire Weather conditions are expected in Central and Southern New Jersey for Friday, May 4th.

My friends in Central and Southern New Jersey tell me that with the exception of a couple of small wildfires things were quiet yesterday, May 2nd. The only other wildfire activity that I know about in northern New Jersey yesterday was association with a small plane crash near Greenwood Lake Airport in norther Passaic County, NJ. Helicopter drops were made. For more information, see this report from NBC4 in New York City

Here is a nice report with video from Southern New Jersey Today published on May 2nd about the fire danger in Southern New Jersey. Sorry, I can not get the embed to work, please take a couple of minutes to go to the link and watch the video.

As for wildfires today, the only one I know about is a small wildfire in Barnagat Township, Ocean County,  NJ that required evacuations of 21 homes for a short time, that fire is now contained. An aircraft worked the fire in support of the wildland firefighters on the ground. See this article from Patch (Barnegat NJ) and this article from the Asbury Park Press for more information.